Random thoughts before the first game of the season

We’ve made it! Opening Day is finally here. Unfortunately, MLB thought it was necessary to schedule a number of games between 3:00 p.m. ET and 4:30 p.m. ET and our Yankees are right smack in the middle with a 3:37 p.m. start time—Thanks, Toronto. But let’s not allow the funky scheduling to get us down, real baseball is upon us, at last!

So, with that in mind and because my brain is all over the place this afternoon, I’m going to fire off some random thought before the game. Grab a snack and/or a drink and away we go!

The offseason seemed like the longest one ever but spring training felt like it zoomed by.

At least it did to me.

The Yankees have Giancarlo Stanton.

I keep having to remind myself because I can’t believe it.

I feel bad for Greg Bird.

The guy just wants to play and his right foot is being a pill.

Hopefully, this latest surgery will be his last.

Cross every body part you can including your eyes.

Last year, I predicted that Ronald Torreyes was going to hit the first Yankee home run of 2017.

I really did. Here’s the tweet:

I wasn’t lying.

I was recording a podcast when it happened so I couldn’t react on Twitter but it was pretty funny.